raindog308, Author at LowEndBox

Apr 18, 2026

HostPapa, a leading global web hosting and cloud service provider, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Tailor Made Servers (“TMS”), a Dallas, Texas-based dedicated server hosting provider that has been serving businesses and resellers since 2003.

RPiServers Lives Again! Get Your Own Dedicated Raspberry Pi Server in Houston, Texas

Apr 17, 2026

Last year, DataIdeas closed shop, and with them the original iteration of RPIServers. This week, Josh announced that RPIServers is reborn!

RPiServers Lives Again! Get Your Own Dedicated Raspberry Pi Server in Houston, Texas

Vibe-Drafting IETF Proposals is Now a Thing (The IPv8 Proposal)

Apr 16, 2026

I'm sure a lot of people are sitting around on any given day thinking "You know what the world needs? A brand new IP protocol.” Because the every-so-slowly adoption of IPv6 is just not exciting enough. Fear not: a brand-new Draft titled “Internet Protocol Version 8 (IPv8)” just landed.

Vibe-Drafting IETF Proposals is Now a Thing (The IPv8 Proposal)

Win a Sweet Beelink EQR7 Mini PC in ServerHost's Spring Giveaway, Now Through May 15! Get a 4GB VPS for Only $33/YEAR!

Apr 15, 2026

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ServerHost is sponsoring an amazing giveaway for our community! Win a Beelink EQR7 Mini PC and more! Now through May 15.

Backblaze's "Betrayal": Silently Refusing to Backup Your Most Valuable Data

Apr 14, 2026

There's a rather screechy post making the rounds about a change in BackBlaze's backup policies. The author uses words like "betrayal", "furious", "alarmed", and other such superlatives. Whether this is really the worst thing since World War II, I will leave for you to decide. But it is disappointing, for sure.

Not Just Cheap VPS Offers: Luxvps Has Cheap Shared Web Hosting Deals in Germany!

Apr 13, 2026

Luxvps is well-known as our community as a provider of big-RAM VPS systems. But now they're also offering cheap web hosting, too! These offers feature the Plesk control panel and unmetered bandwidth.

I Should Have Read Further: Small Models Find the Same Bugs as the Vaunted Claude Mythos

Apr 12, 2026

Yesterday, we talked about how Calude's Mythos model is over-hyped. I should have googled a little further because there's a great piece of evidence out there.

I Should Have Read Further: Small Models Find the Same Bugs as the Vaunted Claude Mythos

Too Dangerous to Release? Why Claude Mythos's Alleged Capabilities are Nonsense

Apr 11, 2026

Is Claude's new AI model, Mythos, really so incredibly godlike that it's a threat to the Internet? I wish this one was on Polymarket.

Too Dangerous to Release? Why Claude Mythos's Alleged Capabilities are Nonsense

Mango Mail's Spring Sale Has Begun! Get 35% OFF With This Code: 30GB Plan is Only $3.50/Month!

Apr 10, 2026

Mango Mail has launched their spring sale and they have a great deal on high quality, feature-packed email hosting. Get 35% OFF if you use the code below That makes their 30GB plan only $3.50/mo! Or i...

Mango Mail's Spring Sale Has Begun! Get 35% OFF With This Code: 30GB Plan is Only $3.50/Month!

RackNerd Ranks #90 on 2026 Inc. Regionals Pacific List! 3 Years in a Row – Check Out Their Latest VPS Deals

Apr 09, 2026

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Our community has been following RackNerd’s growth for quite some time now. Since first appearing on LowEndBox back in 2020, they’ve continued to build a strong reputation among our readers, and they’ve consistently shown up with both solid deals and impressive milestones. And speaking of milestones, RackNerd has officially been ranked #90 on the 2026 Inc. Regionals: Pacific list!

LowEndBoxTV: AI Companions, Part 5: SillyTavern Tutorial! Setup, Config, How to Write a Character Card, and MORE!

Apr 08, 2026

We're in the middle of a series on LowEndBoxTV on the exploding world of AI companions. This market is huge and millions of people are using these applications and services. We're going to give you a comprehensive overview, a deep dive into the tech, some problems and issues, the major options, and finally a DIY tutorial using SillyTavern. Enjoy!

LowEndBoxTV: AI Companions, Part 5: SillyTavern Tutorial! Setup, Config, How to Write a Character Card, and MORE!

The Post-Quantum Era Begins in 2029

Apr 07, 2026

Post-quantum computing has always been 10 years in the future. It's not any longer.

The Invisible Cost of a Clean Internet: Burning Out Poor People's Souls to Moderate Online Content

Apr 06, 2026

Imagine if your job was to look at the most vile, repugnant images on the Internet for 12 hours a day...

The Invisible Cost of a Clean Internet: Burning Out Poor People's Souls to Moderate Online Content

LowEndLOLs: Things That Make You Go Hmmm...

Apr 05, 2026

So about those company names and CEO last names...

LowEndLOLs: Things That Make You Go Hmmm...

LowEndBoxTV: AI Companions, Part 4: Pitfalls and Problems

Apr 04, 2026

LowEndBoxTV: AI Companions, Part 4: Pitfalls and Problems

Want to Guess How Many Spam Comments We've Blocked Since 2016?

Apr 03, 2026

LowEndBox has been live since February 1, 2008. In those 16 years, we've had 6,264 posts published (including this one) with a total of 129,351 approved comments. And how many spam comments?

Want to Guess How Many Spam Comments We've Blocked Since 2016?

Getting Calendar Spam? Me, Too. Here's How I Fixed It.

Apr 02, 2026

Starting a month or so ago, I started getting meetings popping up on my calendar, like the one shown to the left. Out of nowhere, I'd get a reminder telling me that I had a meeting that was about to start. It was very annoying, but thinking through how they were sending this junk made the solution obvious.

Not April Fools: Microsoft Says Copilot is for "Entertainment Purposes Only"

Apr 01, 2026

Don't believe me? Just look at the Microsoft Copilot terms of use.

Not April Fools: Microsoft Says Copilot is for

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Meet Zypher, a Homemade AI Companion Unlike Anything You've Ever Seen Before!

Mar 30, 2026

A while back I was browsing Reddit and came across a fascinating post by a man who'd created his own AI companion. We sat down with him and learned a lot about this really cool project.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Meet Zypher, a Homemade AI Companion Unlike Anything You've Ever Seen Before!

NEWS: ColoCrossing Expands Buffalo Data Center to Support Growing Infrastructure Demands

Mar 29, 2026

The name "Buffalo" is legendary in our community. It's a city in Western New York state where ColoCrossing has offered service since the earliest days of LowEndBox. It's a strategic geography - close enough to New York City to serve the East Coast very well, yet much cheaper than operating out of a Manhattan data center. This has allowed them offer wonderfully low prices, and over the years many providers have hosted there. And now ColoCrossing is expanding!

NEWS: ColoCrossing Expands Buffalo Data Center to Support Growing Infrastructure Demands

LowEndBoxTV: AI Companions, Part 3: Options and Services (Nomi, Kindroid, SillyTavern, ChatGPT, Claude, and More!)

Mar 28, 2026

LowEndBoxTV: AI Companions, Part 3: Options and Services (Nomi, Kindroid, SillyTavern, ChatGPT, Claude, and More!)

ACT NOW: How to Prevent Your Repo From Being Used to Train Copilot

Mar 27, 2026

GitHub has announced that going forward, your data on GitHub will be used to train Microsoft's Copilot LLM. Here's how to opt-out.

ACT NOW: How to Prevent Your Repo From Being Used to Train Copilot

LowEndBoxTV: AI Companions Part 2: How it Works (System Prompts, Character Cards, Context Windows, and More!)

Mar 26, 2026

LowEndBoxTV: AI Companions Part 2: How it Works (System Prompts, Character Cards, Context Windows, and More!)

9-0! SCOTUS Gives Immunity to ISPs Over Illegal Downloads

Mar 25, 2026

"Under our precedents, a company is not liable as a copyright infringer for merely providing a service to the public with knowledge that it will be used by some to infringe copyrights." So wrote Justice Clarence Thomas in the US Supreme Court decision Cox Communications vs. Sony Music released today.

9-0! SCOTUS Gives Immunity to ISPs Over Illegal Downloads

I Actually Liked and Used Sora Intensively. But I Won't Miss It.

Mar 25, 2026

As you've probably heard, OpenAI is shutting down Sora. Ironically, I just got done using it intensively for the last few weeks.

I Actually Liked and Used Sora Intensively. But I Won't Miss It.

pfSense: Yes, You Should Use Auto Config Backup and Here's the Right Settings

Mar 24, 2026

For a lot of network devices, their entire configuration amounts to only a few megabytes' worth of data. But what a pain if you lose those megabytes! Fortunately, protecting your pfSense firewall is easy, secure, off-site, and FREE!

Wow, That's a Big Dedicated Server! 28 Cores and a /25 for Only $199/Month from QuickServers!

Mar 23, 2026